Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-03-19
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ing the farm house where the bell wss call.
ing the hands homo 10 supper. They passed
several men In the road, and Barth nodded
moro famiharly to them than the country
custom demanded, for he knew he was near
to the old home, and these might be other
playmatss Of his early days.
He had been LEFT an orphan In the care Of
an uncle who had sold the farm and zone
west long ego, 20 that there va no old home
for him TO return 70, but he knew that it had
been next 70 Aoore's, snd had Q vague mem.
ory Of the scsnory around him. The driver
broke his reveria
III could only get little heart in mo
for another trial might get bit O. luck and
be bettern' bug yet"
"Wby VIII, go here, 'one good turn do.
serves another III get you to put some
ono else on the stage line for week, and you
drive me around the country; maybe I'll
think up some work for you"
"Thsnk 70, Ike"
Yes, Professor Isaac Barth, the famous
zoologist and entomologist, whose dignity
rested on . series of valuable degrees won by
hard labor in many wild country, who was
even now maturing scheme for IN expedi-
tion to the Congo, came back to the home
Of his childhood and passed for lAe" with .
man he had clicked for bug"
But VIII Brown soon rose In the estimation
OF the scientist, who found that he was ono Of
and that In moments of despondency be Was
In the habit of undertaking himself He had
been unfortunate In his enterprises, but still
retained the respect OF the community and
was described "ss . right smart chapif II he
had chanca" As to drinking he had never
carried 1t to great excess.
A month found tho pair on their Wsy to
the Congo and not long after dispatches 70 Q
London daily announced that the American
naturalist Barth, and one other white man,
had started for the interior with . complete
scientific outfit and . large force Of natives.
Browne was just the man TO manage the
natives. and on him fell the executive duties
Of the expedition, while his chief devoted
Deeper and deeper they plunged into the
wilderness, travelling slowly and carefully,
intriguing, with their lives at stake, with one
savage king after another.
They had passed two years In the jungle,
and gathered Q priceless geological and botan.
ical collection, and . vast mass OF interesting
facta To get home alive with this-thsre
By the banks of an unknown river stood
the @ two friends one evening, consulting over
they had counted friendly, had ssissd upon
their baggage and refused to surrender any
part OF it the white men must stay With him
. while and help him. These boxes that
great fsetish In them, and he would not let
them be taken away lest 1t might work
him evil Argument and strategy had besn
tried without success, he would keep them,
and 1t was evident that the shrewd old cav.
sge thought that the white men would do
anything for the sake OF the feetish In the
was science.
There seemed no other course open than TO
abandon the treasures In the hops Of recover.
thAm n vnatv
In the country was out Of the question, -
their ammunition and supplies were nearly
gone, and both were In bad health. Sadly
they said goodnight, but not an hour passed
@ before @a they stood again facing one another In
"Why, Win what are you doing hersr
"Tsll 70 the truth, Ike, l been : thinking
O your bugs" He always spoke OF the scien.
tfc baggage - "Ike's bugs"
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doing here -
"Tnin.ius i1 q. g Of % bugs, too" said the scientist
"I'ys 6ssn thinking that might di:guise
the treasure away from them"
The village OF the chief lay mile above
{" catch 7, said Brown. - he stepped into
Year, Of danger had taught them to oct
was we'll ON and they would mead all Of Il 70
cover their flight, this Was . time for hastA
Each had come to the shore with sons half
defined plan for desperate venture though
each had expected TO Try It alone, and they
carried all their weapona The riaaa were
laid on the mat sails In the bottom OF the
boat and they piled the paddles vigorously.
just below the village they ran the boas
ashore among the reeds and then passod
stealthily through them, Browne drsgginG
the sail mats and the pole OF the canoe.
A few words In the boat had explained
matters, and they knew how 70 cot when
they reached the edge Of the village
The light and activo man Of ocie0Co climbed
up0h the shoulders OF the stalWart Brown
fastening one corner OF the call 70 the end q
the pole, he held It high up % that IL ampll
folds covered him and fell upon tn
sh0ulders OF his bearer.
This irightful 0bjeos, some twenty test Il
height then advanced with rapid tread doWS
| the village street 70 the ohiet's house Noa
| this WaS . low stone house known 70 b
strongly guarded, but - tho adventures
drew near they noted figures hlttlng from Il
Soon the spaces botweo0 the huts were full o
moving shadoWa and there were low exela
mati0as Of terror on I'll sldeA
Then came ah0t from . muakoe-o0o q
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